The theme of this yearâ€™s conference is â€œPleasure in Anglo-Saxon England.â€We invite submissions addressing any and all manifestations of pleasurein Old English or Anglo-Latin texts, Anglo-Saxon history, art, religion,or archaeology. We welcome a variety of methodologies, being equallypleased by the philological delight of a word study as by a wide-rangingtreatment of emotions in Anglo-Saxon society. We also invite papers onthe particular pleasures that the Anglo-Saxon world offers post-medievalscholars, artists, and armchair antiquarians. In the tradition of theColloquium, we will be having respondents for the paper presentations,which should be no longer than ten minutes.

Possible topics include:

- emotions in Anglo-Saxon England- pleasure and religion- word-play and language play- the joy of objects- Anglo-Saxon recreation- food and feasting- Anglo-Saxon music- reception of Anglo-Saxon literature and culture- Anglo-Saxon aesthetics- pleasure of the exotic- personal relationships- depictions of heaven- definition of the good- luxury goods- desire and appetite- the senses- the regulation of pleasure- dreams

Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by November 26, 2007.Include your contact information, including active email address, streetaddress, and phone number, and any requests for audio-visual equipment.You may submit abstracts via email to pleasureatyale_at_hotmail.com, or sendpaper submissions to P.O. Box 208302, New Haven, CT 06520. (Papersubmissions should arrive by the deadline.)